Radcliffe Metrolink station

 Radcliffe
Metrolink

Metrolink tram arrives at Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Location of Radcliffe in Greater Manchester
Location
Place Radcliffe
Local authority Bury
Coordinates 53°33′45″N 2°19′16″W / 53.5624°N 2.3211°WCoordinates: 53°33′45″N 2°19′16″W / 53.5624°N 2.3211°W
Grid reference SD788073
Platforms 2
Fare zone information
Metrolink Zone A
Present status In operation
Operations
Original operator Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Pre-grouping company Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
Post-grouping company London, Midland and Scottish Railway
British Rail
History
Opened 1 September 1879
Conversion to Metrolink operation 6 April 1992
Former name Radcliffe New; Radcliffe Central
Renamed 1 July 1933; 3 May 1971
UK Trams portal

Radcliffe Metrolink station is a tram stop on the Bury Line of Greater Manchester's light rail Metrolink system. It is located in Radcliffe, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, England. It originally opened as Radcliffe Central railway station on the former heavy rail line from Manchester Victoria to Bury.

The station lies within Ticketing Zone A. There is a walkway from the station towards the town centre and Radcliffe Bus Station. A blue neon sign adorns the front of the station which reads "From the tower, falls the shadow", this was added in 2005.[1] The station is located across from Radcliffe Riverside Community High School and a popular National Cycle Network route which was a continuation of the railway line. When a railway station, the station was named Radcliffe Central railway station to differentiate it from Radcliffe Black Lane railway station on the line from Bolton to Rochdale which closed in 1970.

Services

Radcliffe is located on the Bury Line with trams towards Bury stopping every 6 minutes during the day, Mondays to Saturdays, every 12 minutes Monday to Saturday evenings and Sunday daytime and every 15 minutes Sunday evenings. Trams also head towards Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester and Altrincham, with the Monday to Saturday daytime service running every 12 minutes each to Ashton-under-Lyne via Manchester Piccadilly or Altrincham, while evening and Sundays journeys run to Ashton-under-Lyne only with journeys to Altrincham requiring a change of trams at Piccadilly Gardens.[2]

Connecting bus routes

Radcliffe Metrolink station is served by First Greater Manchester's 524 service, which runs frequently between Bury, Radcliffe centre and Bolton. It is also served by Maytree Travel's 512 and 513 service, which also runs between Bury, Radcliffe and Bolton, with the services also serving Farnworth and Whitefield (513 only). Maytree's service 95 also runs to Bury while southbound heads to Pendleton via Whitefield and Prestwich. The 486, operated by Rossendalebus runs near the station and operates from Radcliffe bus station towards Bury via Bradley Fold and Ainsworth. [3] Radcliffe is also served by Radcliffe bus station.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Brass Art, "From the Tower Falls the Shadow" (2005)". Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  2. ↑ "Metrolink - Tram Times - Radcliffe". Metrolink. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "Transport for Greater Manchester - Journey Planning - Network Maps". Transport for Greater Manchester. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Radcliffe Metrolink station.

Bury Lines

Legend
 Past, Present and Future 
Holcombe Brook
Greenmount
Knowles L.C. Halt
Tottington
Sunny Wood Halt
Woolfold
to Rossendale
Brandlesholme Road Halt
Ramsbottom
Woodhill Road Halt
Summerseat
Bury Bolton Street
Bury Interchange
Bury Knowsley Street

to Heywood

Radcliffe Black Lane

Buckley Wells
(proposed)
Withins Lane
Bradley Fold

Ainsworth Road Halt
Liverpool and Bury Railway
to Bolton

Radcliffe Bridge
Radcliffe
Ringley Road
Whitefield
Molyneux Brow
Besses o' th' Barn
to Salford
Prestwich
 Heaton Park
 to Manchester
Preceding station   Manchester Metrolink   Following station
towards Altrincham
Altrincham – Bury Line
Terminus
towards Etihad Campus
Bury – Etihad Campus Line
  Proposed  
towards Altrincham
Altrincham – Bury Line
towards Bury
towards Etihad Campus
Bury – Etihad Campus Line
Disused railways
Whitefield
Line and station open		   Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway   Withins Lane
Line open, station closed
Ainsworth Road
Line and station closed